Hand lamp



Jan. 8, 1935. R. B. vklN SICKLES HAND LAMP Filed May 26, 1933 8' INVENTOR R B. V017 S/cfi/eS BY M gm WWW/$ 6 M ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 8, 1935 I Raynaond-B; -Van:Sickles, New Hwen; Comm, asex.

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Dally; New: Maryland Application.ivra yzgissas igu I a claim (o1...2441-5105.163)

This invention relatesto hand lampsrand-more particularly; to, a hand lamp having means where: by light rays from a single sourcemay pro-f jected from the hand lamp casing in twooppositedirectionss r Imcarrying out :my invention, Lprovidega hand lamp-casing: adapted-to; receive d yvcellsand. having. suitable electrical. connections to complete acircuit to afllamp ebulb-iin the, casing. LiuLrther provide; anwopenin i in the 5 front of; the casing with atr'eflector arranged behindi the. opening,

said. reflector. having a; lamp: socket-therein. for the. reception of. the lamp-bulb, The. casing is also provided with one. or, p more openings in its rear wall, and the vreflectoriis provided. with r suit, able. openingsr through which;- pass I a.v portion of the rays from. thelamn. A. rear-reflector iis arrangedrin, the casing to -direct this portion. of the rays of light through. a" rear, openingi for p nin s 1 r The lampv so constructed provides a. device which may-be employedasasearchlight telidirect an-=ordinary-,-beam\ of, light forwardly andthe' rear Openings may, be, provided: ,with red lenses to act as-a rear signallighty Im the. accompanying dra. g..I have shown one vform-oi? the invention. Infthe; drawing;

Fig. lisarearelevation}. a Fig. 2: a vertical, sectional view substan: tially on theline 2.-2..of, Fig.3;, 7 Fig. 3,: is; a -..vertical, sectional view aterigh angles to,- Fig. 2;, V c

Fig 4 is Y achorizontal, sectionalyiew-through the upper part of. the casing onthe. line, 1-4 of Fig. 2'; and

Fig. 5..-is a-similar. viewthroughthe. lowe'rrpore tion a of the a casing on the. line. .55; of ,Eig.- 3'. Referring. to the drawing-, the, reference. nu: mera-l, 1., designates generally a. casing which. is shown. rectangular in) cross... section but .v which maybe of any, desired. shape.v Thecasirig con-.- sists of two: sections. The main. portion. of.- the casing cone-prisesarback.Wail/1L2,v side walls 3, a top 4 and a bottom 5. The front 6 of the casing is removable to permit access to the interior. As shown, it is provided with a flange 7 adapted to fit over the adjacent side walls, top and bottom. The bottom of this flange is provided with a pair of upstanding lugs 8 adapted to be received in openings 9 in the bottom of the main portion of the casing. The top flange is provided with an car 10 having an opening therein adapted to receivea pin 11 on the top of the casing. A bail 12 may be pivotally mounted on the top of the casing by arranging the ends of the bail in sleeves 13 mounted on the top.

I The front wall 6 of the casing is provided with an opening 14 and the wall surrounding this opening may be projected forwardly as at 15 and provided with a retaining flange 16. A lens Nq; 672-353 v 1.7, islarrangedginthej opening and ajreflector '18 is arranged. behind the. -lens.. Thelens' and: re..-'. flector may be. retained} in position fbymeans of spring. clips. 19, secured to the, inner; side; of kthje wall 6-. A lamp socket .29; is .carriedby the re-.

fleetor, preferablyllbiil lfo"hiedftherein. in'the conventional marines afidva 1 m 1 adaptedl'to be mounted therein. I This. construe-T tionj. electrically. connects. one terminal of the amnbuibto the..,casing, which may bemade. of metal inv the conventional manner; A spring contact-'22.isadaptedto engage the bas'e..terminal of lthejlampflbulb ',when; the,parts. are in, position. Thissprilng f terminalfls arried byy atpnte f.' 23; preferably. formed .integral therewith, The. plate is ,niounted onqthehlfront of Jan. insulatingl'board 2.41 whichmay be 'madelof. 'fibre-board lor. other suitable materiaL.jandgwhichIisjfarranged in the casing, .and. is: substantially coextensive; in]. ,size withthe ,casing- The plate 23', is,.secu red to: the insulating-board. 5 by rivets. 25,. or many "other suitable .manner,. a. one ofjthse. rivets ,forms an electrical connection. betweenathe' plate and a conducting strip. 26 arranged ,on the back; of the insulating board, j The pther endofthe. con ducting: strinvis. electrically. connected to. a. contactrclip 27 mountedonthe frontfoffthe-insulat-. in iboard and. arranged; gin .the lower" portion of the casingglf This ,Icontact; clipffcarries a spring arm. 28gwhich p' 'jects. forwardly in the casing and forms. a. sp rigsiipportforone endofia dry contact clip, carries. a forwardly projecting arm Behaving across jarm'..35ati its end, the ends 36 oi the, fees arm, beingispaced andfshaped to. receivetl'i'e'oppositeterminals ofthe cells 30 and 31. It will thus be seen that when a pair of dry cells are arranged in the contact clips the circuit which extends from the base terminal of the lamp bulb to the upper contact clip 2'7is completed through the cells to the lower contact clip 29. i

A second conducting strip 37 is arranged on the back of the insulating board and is electrically connected to the contact clip 29 by one of the rivets 38 which secures the two members to each other. This contact strip extends upwardlyv to a point adjacent the top of the casing and is electrically connected toa contact member 39 on the front of the insulating board, which member is provided with an outwardly projecting contact 40 extending forwardly just beneath the top of the casing. Suitable switch means is provided on the top of the casing to form a connec= tion with the contact 40 and thus complete the circuit. The top of the casing is provided with arranged within the casing and connected: to

the operating switch member by rivets '43TwhichI V extend through this slot. shown, the end ot the movable contact member 42 is curled or extended downwardly from the end ,ot the-casing front of the casing in the usual manner. tion of the rays of light also pass through the to insure contact with the stationary q naaiol To insulate the conducting strips and contact clips from the casing, I provide a sheet of insulation' which may be formed of cardboard orother suitable material and which covers the back of the casing as indicated at'45. This sheet is also provided with side flaps 46 lll'th lower'part of the casing to insulate the contact clips 27, 29 and 33 from the side walls of the casing and is further provided withan upper flap 4'1 to insulate the spring contact clip 22' and a portion of the con-, tact 39 from the top of the casing. Theupper flap, however, is cut away'adjacent the engaging end of contact 40 to permit it to engage the slidable contact 44. The insulating me'mber'may also be provided with a bottom flap 48 to in'sulate the bottom cell 32 from the bottom of the casing. The cell is generally provided with a wrapping of insulating material but the bottom flap 48 insures insulation from the'casing in case this wrapping should becomeworn. i 1

The. means whereby a beamot light maybe projected rearwardly from the bulb 21 in addition to the beam of light projected forwardly through the lens 1'7 consists. of suitable openings 49 in the reflector 18 by means of which a portion of the rays of light are permitted to passthrough V the reflector toward the side walls of the casing.

The rear wall of the casing is provided with openings 50 in horizontal alignment with the openings 49 in the reflector and the material of the casing surrounding thesefopenings may be shapedoutwardly as at 51 toform flanges to receive lenses 52. These lenses 52may be made-o! red glass if desired. To direct the rays, of 1 light passing through the openings 49 to thejopenings 50 I provide reflectors in the form of clips :53 secured to the side walls of the casingandhaving parts 54 projecting toward the reflector. The rear surfaces of these spring clips may be polished to form the rear reflectors.

A clip 55 may be arranged on the back of the casing, this clip being provided witha b'olt 56 extending through it and a wing nut 5'7 whereby it may be clamped on any'suitablesupportgj Thev insulating board 24 and the cardboard the. lenses 52.

The operation of the device will be apparent i'rom' the foregoing description; The circuit 1' throughtheflamp bulb is completed when the slidablecontact 44 on the under side of the top 'of the 'casingii's moveid into engagement with the contact 40. -This lights the bulb 21 and rays of light are projected throughthe lens 17 in the A poring, a main reflector" arranged therein; alamp socket carried by s aid reflectorga lamp bulbarranged in said socket, a battery arrangedjin said casing, meansgior" electrically connecting said bulb to saidZf battery, said main reflecton'bein'g' provided with an opening, the rear ofsaidcasing being provided with an opening, and'a'cu wse-a cured to one or the side walls 'ot saidfcasingand having a portion thereof extending at "an fangle toward said reflector,- the" surface-of said clip forming a rear reflector to project raysof light passing through said opening in said main re fiector through the rear opening in the casing substantially paralleltothe rays of lightproje'cted through the front'opening ofsaid casing 2. A hand lamp comprising a casing hayinga 7 front wall, a rear wall'andfside walls theiront wall of said casing being providedwith an opening, a main reflector arranged therein, a lamp socket carried by said'reflecto-r, a lamp bulb arranged in said socket,' "a' battery arranged in said casing, means for electrically connecting-"said bulb to said battery, said main reflector being provided with an opening adjacentqsai'd' lamp socket and positioned to permit passage of rays of light therethrough substantiallyiat right angles to the direction of the rays of light projected through said opening in the front wall of'said casing, the rear offsaid casing being provided with an opening; and a "clip; secured to one'of theside'wa lls of said casing and extended at an angle toward said reflector; the'fsurface'ofsaid clip forming arear reflector-to project rays or light passing through the opening in said main reflector through the rear opening of said casing.

\ 1 RAYMOND B. VAN SICKLES, 

